In message <652lpdF2e69huU1@mid.individual.net>, Gaz
writes
>
>"Richard Miller" wrote in message
>news:2KybB1CopA7HFwZT@seasalter0.demon.co.uk...
>> In message <2e2nu395s7m3pv4cc826jbtsd668fl9tf1@4ax.com>, judith
>> writes
>>>Traditional white British ambulances are to be repainted yellow to bring
>>>them into line with Europe. The new colour will be adopted across the
>>>continent to make the emergency vehicles uniformly recognisable in every
>>>country. . The ambulance repainting is the latest European attempt to
>>>change elements of the traditional British way of life to fall in line
>>>with the rest of Europe. In the past, European Commissioners famously
>>>infuriated fruiterers and grocers when they deemed that our cucumbers were
>>>to (sic) curvy and our bananas too
>>>bendy.
>>>Daily Mail, 6 March 2002, page 30
>>
>> Gaz, since this report was in 2002, perhaps you can confirm to us when it
>> actually happened? After all, you are arguing that there is always at
>> least a nugget of truth in these stories.
>> --
>> Richard Miller
>
>I claimed no such thing.
My apologies, it was not you, it was Les Invalides: "And that is the
case with the vast majority of these Euro-regulation stories: yes, the
newspapers parody them, but there is almost always truth in them"
>Its a good job the EU doesnt regulate straw, you
>wouldnt be able to put up your pathetically transparent straw man argument.
>
Not a straw man, merely a case of mistaken identity.
--
Richard Miller |